Stark County Illinois and Its People, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from Stark County Illinois and Its People, Vol. 1: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and AchievementStark County is situated northwest of the center of the state, its western line being about fifty miles from the Mississippi River at Keithsburg, and its northern boundary is eighty-seven miles from the Wisconsin state line. On the north it is bounded by the counties of Bureau and Henry, on the east by Bureau and Marshall counties, on the south by Peoria County, and on the west by Knox and Henry counties. It embraces Congressional townships 12 and 13 north, Range 5 east, townships 12, I3 and 14, Range 6, and townships 12, 13 and 14, Range 7. As each of these townships contains thirtv-six square miles, the total area of the county is 288 square miles.The general surface of the county is slightly undulating, or roll ing, except in the Vicinity of the Spoon River and at some places along Indian Creek, Where it is more or less broken. L\'iore than nine-tenths of the acres responds easily to cultivation, and the remaining tenth is by no means waste land, though its cultivation is attended by greater effort. Natural drainage is afforded by the Spoon River, Indian and Walnut creeks, Cooper's Defeat, Camping Run, Jack Creek, Mud Run, Jug Run and a number of smaller streams.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.